How to find blogs that feature your video

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I have a video of a heritage wooden plane restoration that I would like to push a bit. It got already a good amount of views from groups on Facebook, communities on G+, subreddits and forums. Now it would be great to have it featured in a woodworking/diy/upcycling/recycling blog that has about the same followers as I have subscribers.

But does anybody know how to find such a blog? I only find very big blogs that don't feature guest content at all. Is there a trick to it or is it really just a matter of digging deep enough down the search results?

I would be willing to write an article on my own and as I have a bunch of other heritage tools I could repeat the method. Generally I have a blogger account but I don't post very actively and it's rather photography centred.

As this can be easily applied to e.g. handicraft or beauty I guess others might profit from an answer as well.
 
There are a few website directories that syndicate content. The way it works is that the author writes an article and then uploads to the syndication directory in the relevant category. Then webmasters and owners of websites looking for free content browse the directory looking for suitable content for their website. Along with your article, they must also post your "about the author" short bio at the end of article in which you are allowed to put a link back to your website (in your case your YT channel URL) - There's a risk they won't embed your video though. Officially they aren't allowed to edit the article, but you know how it is. These webmasters are looking for content to fill up their sites but don't want people to leave their site. But at the very least, you should get a link back to your channel from the bio.

I can't remember the names of the directories but google "article syndication" and variations of that and you should find them. Good luck.
 
You can search for & find blogs via Alltop. Also Reddit is a great place to post videos, just make sure you post in a relevant page & not spam, or they may eat you alive ;-)

XXLRay said:
But does anybody know how to find such a blog? I only find very big blogs that don't feature guest content at all. Is there a trick to it or is it really just a matter of digging deep enough down the search results?
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@iVlogCom as I mentioned in my initial post I already use Reddit but thanks for the Alltop link. I will check it out.[DOUBLEPOST=1442559943,1442559162][/DOUBLEPOST]@iVlogCom it seems as if Alltop doesn't make it easier to find smaller blogs that are much more likely to feature my content.

@Crown I did a bit of research and I guess I am rather searching to guest post my content than to syndicate it. To make it clear I don't want the same article to be cluttered all over the web. What I want is a single (small) blog with active followers in my niche.
Generally I know how to write good articles so I am indeed offering value and not just SEO for my channel.[DOUBLEPOST=1442561217][/DOUBLEPOST]Here is the strategy I so far ended up with:
I searched for "woodworking blog guest post" (without quotes). As guest post are usually marked as such I was able to find woodworking blogs that generally allow for guest posting. The problem is now to find the ones with active followers.
I start by sorting out the ones that did not post an article within the last few months. Then I sort out the ones that don't have comments, shares or likes.
But how do I choose the most promising one from now on? Come on get on the train and add your ideas! This could also be your next promising way to grow your channel :)[DOUBLEPOST=1442563211][/DOUBLEPOST]Just wrote a CV to jenwoodhouse. Do you want me to report how it turns out?
 
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XXLRay said:
@iVlogCom as I mentioned in my initial post I already use Reddit but thanks for the Alltop link. I will check it out.[DOUBLEPOST=1442559943,1442559162][/DOUBLEPOST]@iVlogCom it seems as if Alltop doesn't make it easier to find smaller blogs that are much more likely to feature my content.

@Crown I did a bit of research and I guess I am rather searching to guest post my content than to syndicate it. To make it clear I don't want the same article to be cluttered all over the web. What I want is a single (small) blog with active followers in my niche.
Generally I know how to write good articles so I am indeed offering value and not just SEO for my channel.[DOUBLEPOST=1442561217][/DOUBLEPOST]Here is the strategy I so far ended up with:
I searched for "woodworking blog guest post" (without quotes). As guest post are usually marked as such I was able to find woodworking blogs that generally allow for guest posting. The problem is now to find the ones with active followers.
I start by sorting out the ones that did not post an article within the last few months. Then I sort out the ones that don't have comments, shares or likes.
But how do I choose the most promising one from now on? Come on get on the train and add your ideas! This could also be your next promising way to grow your channel :)[DOUBLEPOST=1442563211][/DOUBLEPOST]Just wrote a CV to jenwoodhouse. Do you want me to report how it turns out?
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If it were me, if you're going to be taking the time to write decent articles, then I'd probably prefer the articles went on my own blog and build up an audience that way. Yes, it can take time, but the hard part is actually writing the articles and it sounds like you're going to do that anyway. Don't underestimate the value of having your own blog. It's an asset which has real value and can bring in revenue through affiliate marketing, joint ventures, you can also build an email list via a newsletter in which you can promote your content again and keep them coming back to your site etc etc and promote them more offers.


Anyway, coming back how to find busy blogs, I'd ignore the "guest post" in the google search and just search for busy blogs and then contact the owners to see if they'd be interested in letting you guest post.

However, if you want to filter for guest posts, you should probably put quotes around it because you want an exact phrase match. So you should search for:
woodworking "guest post" (with the quotes) - I just tried it and got a lot of active blogs containing guest posts.

Thinking outside the box, you could also search twitter for tweets about woodworking. By definition, if they are tweeting about woodworking, then they are active and they could have a blog....

Also, check out http://www.blogsearchengine.org/ - When I searched for "woodworking" (without the quotes) I got a load of busy blogs in the results.
 
Crown said:
If it were me, if you're going to be taking the time to write decent articles, then I'd probably prefer the articles went on my own blog and build up an audience that way.
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I already have my own blog but it's rather photography centred. Basically I just don't have the time to maintain yet another one. Actually I already struggle with the one I have besides my YouTube channel and other social media.

But all together gold tips :)
 
Here is my #1 secret to get bloggers to feature my stuff...

First, I put my topic into Buzzsumo.com. (It is free... I think we get 3 lookups a day).

Buzzsumo sorts blog posts that have gone viral.

Since there are literally a gazillion blogs out there, I want the ones that know how to do promotion the right way.

If a blog seems like a good match, I simply email the site owner...

I get the right email address using this nifty (FREE) service:
emailhunter.co

And here is the important part...

I find out what is currently annoying the blogger (they usually b***h within their Twitter account)...

And then I show them a solution from one of my videos.

Try this out for yourself. It works like crazy.
 
They must really get a lot of mails because they don't answer at all. Passing on to the next one ...
 
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